Examiner John B. Sotomayor

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2017 (105 months ago).

Examiner John B. Sotomayor appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 91.0%, they average 1.11 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §102 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.11

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2008-2017)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 321
Granted Applications: 292
Non-Granted Applications: 29
Avg OA / Grant: 1.11
Last OA Observed: September 2017 (105 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3646 , 3662
Work Groups Seen: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

3660 - VCaR - Robot Control, Vehicle Navigation and Data Processing: Vehicles and Relative Location

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	91.0%	1.11
Art Unit	28	60.6%	1.86
Group	269	56.4%	1.75
Tech Center	2,337	48.0%	2.11
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	23	21	91.3%
2009	25	24	96.0%
2010	24	21	87.5%
2011	45	44	97.8%
2012	42	36	85.7%
2013	26	24	92.3%
2014	43	38	88.4%
2015	31	29	93.5%
2016	37	31	83.8%
2017	25	24	96.0%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

292 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	323	6.2%	49.2%	27.9%	13.9%
2	29	0.0%	20.7%	58.6%	10.3%
3	6	0.0%	16.7%	83.3%	0.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

4.0%

2008

3.6%

2009

3.7%

2010

4.1%

2011

6.3%

2012

0.0%

2013

4.2%

2014

14.3%

2015

2.6%

2016

14.8%

2017

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.